Steward Spotlight: Neighbor to Neighbor Literacy Project
“We were blown away by the positive response. We believe that a citywide network of Little Free Library [book boxes] can help to create positive interactions and engagement across all our diverse neighborhoods and can help break down barriers between...
#LFLMoments: Back-to-School Season, Book-Sharing Besties, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Little Free Library #75078 in Westborough, Massachusetts, set out school supplies and fresh books to...
Ojai Public Library Comes up with Ingenious Way to Get Kids Excited about Books
The public library in Ojai Valley, California, and the Ojai Valley Library Friends & Foundation (OVLFF) came up with an ingenious way to get kids excited about books and encourage them to read more. They encouraged kids to visit at least 10 of the Little Free...
Students Create Little Free Library Network Stocked with Multilingual Books
On a sunny day at the end of May, more than sixty students, city staff and administrators met in Flamingo Park in Sunrise, Florida. They gathered there for the Grand Opening Celebration of five new Little Free Library book-sharing boxes around the city. The group...
#LFLMoments: “Operation Imagination,” a Sweet Story From Lebanon, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Xavier built “Operation Imagination” (Library #86384) so he could do something positive and give back to...
Sweet Video of a New Steward Realizing People are Sharing Books in His Little Free Library Goes Viral
When Sophie shared an adorable video of her dad delightedly counting the number of books that had been taken from his Little Free Library book-sharing box, she probably didn’t expect it to go viral. But since she posted the video to Twitter a few days ago,...
New Rochelle Commissions Artists to Design Unique Libraries in Parks
Five gorgeous Little Free Library book-sharing boxes have popped up in public parks around New Rochelle, New York. The goal of these Libraries is not only to promote reading and build a sense of community, but also to showcase unique public art. The project started...
#LFLMoments: The Remarkable Bookcycle, A Little Free Library Village, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Leslie Hiller, the steward of Library #80140, knows a patron of her Library that takes books and reads...
Steward Spotlight: Victoria Kibler
Victoria Kibler has a very busy Little Free Library, and it’s not because she’s in a great location. Her Library (charter #8252) is on a quiet cul-de-sac in a neighborhood without sidewalks in Claremont, California. Yet, she estimates that about 50 books...
#LFLMoments: A Library Crawl, a Grand Opening, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Author Dan Szczesny took his daughter on a Little Free Library crawl where they visited and shared books...
Meet the 5-Year-Old Boy Making a Big Impact with His Little Free Library
Five-year-old Logan Brinson loves to read. So when the preschooler and his parents moved to Alpha, Illinois—population 700—and discovered the town didn’t have a public library, they decided to bring books to their neighborhood another way. Logan and his family...
#LFLMoments: An Impact story, an anniversary, and more!
This post is part of our Little Free Library moments series! This series highlights touching moments that are created by stewards and their Little Free Libraries. Impact Library recipient Tamesha Derkach (Library #74700) from North Nashville, TN recently wrote to us...
Lessons Learned from One Year as a Steward
The first year of being a Little Free Library volunteer steward is a constant learning experience. How many people will naturally visit your Library? What kind of books are most popular? Will any of the same books be returned? Will people leave notes in a guest book...
Steward Spotlight: Tara Choate
This post is part of Little Free Library’s steward spotlight series! Being a Little Free Library steward can yield some surprising insights. On her Little Free Library’s first anniversary, steward Tara Choate reflected on what she’d learned over the...
Heartwarming Little Free Library Moments
At Little Free Library we work hard to build community, inspire a love of reading, and spark creativity in neighborhoods all around the world. Achieving this would be impossible if it weren’t for amazing Little Free Library stewards who are committed to making a...
Steward Spotlight: Katie Larson
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! For Katie Larson, starting a Little Free Library was a natural extension of her job as a seventh grade language arts teacher. Katie said, “I’m crazy obsessed with this Library and...
Steward Spotlight: Adam Seelig
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! Adam Seelig, a technology education teacher at John G. Borden Middle School in Wallkill, New York, found a creative way to bring five Little Free Libraries to his small community: make it a summer...
Steward Spotlight: Cynthia Taylor
The small island community of Grenada, located off the northeast coast of Venezuela, now has a Little Free Library #80239 in the capital city of St. George’s! The Library was built by a local Grenadian using recycled materials. Steward Cynthia Taylor registered...
Students Receive National Recognition for Little Free Library Project
FFA is a student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. The Miami East High School FFA chapter in Casstown, Ohio, recently won a very special award for their Little Free Library project. Last spring, 22 high school students and members of the...
Dealing with a Little Free Library Book Thief: a North Chicago Case Study
Richard Murray put up Little Free Library #15700 in the North Chicago suburbs in 2014. He spent several years acting as its volunteer steward, trying out different ideas like adding a guest book for comments and a water dish for dogs. He’d reached that happy...
Steward Spotlight: Savannah Lewis
Savannah Lewis knew that many rural neighborhoods and small towns in Texas did not have public libraries or easy access to books. So for her Girl Scout Gold Award, she focused on ways that she could provide easy access to affordable books in rural neighborhoods near La Vernia, Texas. She ultimately built two Little Free Library book-sharing boxes…
Steward Spotlight: Debbie Teague
This post is part of Little Free Library’s Steward Spotlight series! This series delves into the diversity of steward experience and uncovers the challenges, surprises, and best practices of Little Free Library volunteer stewards around the world. In October 2017,...